Dec. 15, 2010: Jets suspend Alosi for tripping incident

have suspended assistant coach Sal Alosi indefinitely after discovering he ordered five inactive players to form a wall along the sideline for a punt return, during which Alosi tripped

Dolphins

cornerback

Nolan Carroll

.

Upon learning the Jets intentionally set up the wall to hinder the gunner on punt coverage, many Dolphins weren't surprised. "Shows you the character of the franchise," linebacker

Channing Crowder

said.

When asked if lining up along the sideline to hinder the gunner is strategy, Crowder pointed out: "It's cheating. An edge is jumping the snap count. Cheating is trying to hurt other players."

The Jets initially suspended Alosi for the season without pay and fined him an additional $25,000, but upon learning about the wall they stiffened the punishment.

Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum claims coach

Rex Ryan

and special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff were not involved with the wall.

NFL

spokesman Greg Aiello said by e-mail that

Ray Anderson

, the league's football-operations executive, is "reviewing sideline protocols from a leaguewide perspective."

Carroll downplayed the incident after the game; Alosi called him and apologized before the team left New York on Sunday night. Carroll accepted his apology and moved on from the incident, but he's disappointed it hasn't gone away.

"The past couple of days it's been continious," Carroll said. "Every channel I've turned to, I'm just trying to watch TV and I can't get away from it. It's been numerous times I've seen it and I can't get away from it."

Injury news

Starting center

Joe Berger

(ankle), cornerback Nolan Carroll (knee) and safety

Reshad Jones

(ribs/hamstring) all practiced despite their injuries.

Wednesday was the first day in five weeks left tackle

Jake Long

, who has been nursing a knee injury and a shoulder problem, hasn't been on the Dolphins' injury report.

Omar Kelly can be reached at okelly@SunSentinel.com and read regularly on the Dolphins blog at sunsentinel.com/dolphins

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